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No. 257,600. Y Patented May 9,1882.

ENgO 1M UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GERHARD LUYTIES AND HENRY E. G. LUYTIES, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

DEVICE FOR SECURING CORKS IN BOTTLES.-

SPEGIFIQATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 257,600, dated May 9, 1882.

' Application filed March '1, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, GERHARD LUYTIES and HENRY E. G. LUYTIES, both citizens of the United States, and residing at New York, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Device for Securing Corks in Bottles, of whichthe following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawin gs, forming part of the same.

Our invention relates to devices for closing bottles; and the main object of our improvement is to provide means for so confining the cork within the bottle that it capnot be removed without detection.

In the accompanying drawings, which serve to illustrate our invention, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a bottle having our improvement applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a view of the cork or stopper removed, partly in section.

Referring to Fig. 1, a is the bottle, which may be of the usual form of wine-bottles, and which is shown with the cork b inserted, and the elastic covering or wrapper inclosing and secured to the head of the cork and neck of the bottle, with the long loose strands of the covering secured to the body of the bottle by the label. The cork or stopper 1) is provided with an enlarged head, 0, rounded or convex on its top. This head 0 is by preference made of wood and of tubular or cap-like form, as shown in Fig. 2, so that it fits over or receives the head of the cork proper, which may be secured within it by any suitable means. The head a is made of a circumference equal to that of the upper part of the neck of the bottle, so that when the cork is inserted into the bottle the surface of the neck and head is uniform and adapted to receive a tubular wrapper made to fit snugly around it.

at is the wrapper orcoverin g, which is knitted .or woven in tube-like form, with one end closed, and is adapted to fit snugly over the head a. It is made long enough to inclose the entire neck of the bottle, and may be slightly tapering toinsure a better fit, if desired. This casing or coyering d may be either knitted,

when arranged in place. The casing is secured permanently to the head of the cork and neck of the bottle by means of paste or gum, which is applied to every portion of the exposed surface of the cork and neck of the bottle before the casing or covering is drawn on. In finishing the tubular casing d, which is knitted or woven in one piece, two long loose strands, c, are left at the lower end, and these ends are brought down onto the body of the bottle and secured thereon by pasting over them the label which is ordinarily applied to the bottle.

It will now be readily understood that by our method of securing the cork great security is afforded to the manufacturer, as the cork cannot be removed or the stamps or label be tampered with without detection-by the destruction of the casing. As' the casing which envelops the exposed surface of the cork and neck of the bottle is permanently secured thereto, the cork cannot be removed without cutting it into pieces, thereby destroying it for further use.

In using our improved device the use of a corkscrew to withdraw the cork is dispensed with, while at the same time the safety of the easily-removable cork is absolutely insured by its surrounding envelope.

The elastic casing is equally well adapted for use where the common or ordinary cork,

which fits down into the neck of the bottle and has no enlarged head, is employed, its great elasticity and peculiar formation adapting it for perfect fitting in either case.

In constructing the tubular casing one continuous strand of strong twine or cord is preferably employed, the two ends being looped and intertwisted into each other by hand into a tube-like form with a loose open mesh, so as to render it extremely elastic. The. edge is finished, so that the two strands or ends 0 serve as drawing-strings, which may be drawn tightly together, causing the casing to snugly embrace the neck of the bottle. The two loose ends are then secured on the bottle by the label, as seen in Fig. 1. 7

hat we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. As an improvement in devices for closing bottles, the combination, with a cork provided with an enlarged head, of an elastic tubular casing inclosing said head and entire neck of the bottle, substantially as herein shown and described.

2. The herein-described means for closing bottles, which consists of a cork with an enlarged head, having its upper surface convex, with an elastic tubular casing inclosing the head of the cork and neck of the bottle and permanently cemented thereto, substantially as specified.

3. The combination, with a bottle and its cork, of a netted 0r twisted tubular casing elastically fitting over the exposed surface of the cork and neck of the bottle and entirely inclosing the same, and provided with one or more ends for attachment to the body of the bottle, substantially as set forth.

4. The herein-described device for securing corks in bottles, which consists of a tubular casing formed of netted or woven twine, which elastically envelops the cork and neck of the bottle, and is permanently secured to every part of its inclosed. surface by cement, sub stantially in the manner and for the purpose set forth.

5. The combination of the bottle a, cork b, with enlarged head 0, and elastic covering or casing d, all constructed in the manner and for the purpose set forth.

GERHARD LUYTIES. HENRY E. G. LUYTIES. Witnesses:

E.'J. MYERS, J oHN' M. HARRINGTON. 

